NFL 2012 Super Bowl Thread

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Pick 'Ems49ers vs. Ravens: Well, it's not looking good for us. Last year, I wondered if any of our skilled pickers would rank above someone that just picks the oddsmaker's favorite for every single game. As it stands now, we have 3 pickers tied with the oddsmakers results, and the rest of us are below that line. The 49ers are favored, so the only chance anyone has at beating the oddsmakers is if one of our three 60-win pickers goes with the Ravens and the Ravens win.

Former 49ers offensive tackle Kwame Harris was arrested for domestic violence. Against his boyfriend. Over soy sauce.

So, this incident was a bit of a reveal of Harris's preferences - it was not known publicly until now that he is gay, and he is the most recently active NFL player to have been outed post-career - Harris's most recent NFL stint was in 2008 with the Raiders.

Before I go further, I'm going to say that I respect Kwame Harris for what he no doubt went through as a closeted man in the NFL. I'm sure that was a day-in day-out distraction and struggle for him. I hope that he can become another positive voice for changing the perspective of the NFL on homosexuality.

That said, I am now going to make fun of Kwame Harris, not because he's gay, but because I have long enjoyed poking fun at Harris. And because I'm about to link to one of my favorite videos on the Internet.

It makes me a bad person, no doubt, that the first thing I thought of when I heard this news was, "well, that explains all the holding".

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Not enough has been said about the job Greg Roman has done this year. It is hands down the best, most creative offensive coordinating since the Greatest Show on Turf. Coordinator of the Year, period. And no doubt Harbaugh himself has a hand in it too, but even beyond that, Harbaugh deserves credit for having the trust in Roman to let him go as far off the beaten path as he has - even before they started adding the pistol to the mix. No doubt that trust goes back to the pair's time together in Stanford before Harbaugh brought him along to San Francisco.

The best news for the 49ers is the fact that, by virtue of delaying the end of the season for so long, Greg Roman won't be jumping to any head coaching jobs this offseason. As a fan of the 49ers, I'm happy about that, but as a fan of the Jaguars, I'm extremely disappointed that the team didn't hold out for Roman to free up.

"None of us begged for likes in our sig." -- garion333 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I think the niners have the better team (especially on the front seven on both sides of the ball) but John has more experience in big games and experience matters. If the ravens can keep it close it may come down to a kickers duel and I wouldn't want to be akers' life insurance agent if it does.

@Jayhawker and @Sheared, if you two pick different teams, it guarantees that Certis can't win the year outright.

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I vote next year we go with the Spreads instead of Pickems. Maybe we can beat the Canadians that way!!!!

The only problem with the spread is that it changes from day to day. I mentioned it earlier in the playoffs I wouldn't mind taking over for Legion as far as the picks go, and he can continue to give the weekly run down, so it's not all on his shoulders. I wouldn't mind picking vs the spread, maybe sticking with the Wednesday morning spread as the spread for the week?

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Maybe we'll do 4 games next year and a Wild Card game, like RatBoy used to do.

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I vote next year we go with the Spreads instead of Pickems. Maybe we can beat the Canadians that way!!!!

The only problem with the spread is that it changes from day to day. I mentioned it earlier in the playoffs I wouldn't mind taking over for Legion as far as the picks go, and he can continue to give the weekly run down, so it's not all on his shoulders. I wouldn't mind picking vs the spread, maybe sticking with the Wednesday morning spread as the spread for the week?

*EDIT*
Maybe we'll do 4 games next year and a Wild Card game, like RatBoy used to do.

Sure..whoever writes up for the week takes the spread at the time of the write up...we all go by that spread no matter what the line ends up being or when we select our picks

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